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Meretrix chalcedonica

Bivalvia - Cardiida - Veneridae

Taxonomy

No taxonomic data are available

Sister species
M. bosworthi, M. cornelli, M. decisa, M. desvauxi, M. gabbi, M. hikoshimensis, M. indica, M. landesi, M. longa, M. macbeani, M. marshana, M. mortoni, M. negritosensis, M. neusensis, M. nuttalliopsis, M. persica, M. pittsburgensis, M. profunda, M. pseudomeretrix, M. shantii, M. stantoni, M. subimpressa, M. sylvaerupis, M. tularana, M. uniomeris, M. yoakumi
Sister species lacking formal opinion data
M. acuticosta, M. agrestis, M. antarctica, M. arnaudi, M. arugai, M. australis, M. baluchistanensis, M. canoasensis, M. chiona, M. chione, M. cordiformis, M. cretacea, M. custugensis, M. eufaulensis, M. exintermedia, M. faba, M. hilarionis, M. hungarica, M. incrassata, M. javana, M. lamarckii, M. meretrix, M. minohensis, M. ninohensis, M. ovisimilis, M. pectinata, M. pseudoumbonella, M. puruensis, M. rholfsi, M. ripleyana, M. rohlfsi, M. rolhfsi, M. rothi, M. splendida, M. striatissima, M. subimpressa, M. transversa, M. trigona, M. tumens, M. sinuatocostata, M. florida, M. yawensis, M. islandicoides, M. floridella

Synonymy list
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RankNameAuthor
kingdomAnimalia()
—Bilateria
—EubilateriaAx 1987
—Protostomia
—Spiralia
superphylumLophotrochozoa
phylumMollusca
classBivalvia
—Eubivalvia
subclassAutobranchia(Groblen 1894)
infraclassHeteroconchia(Gray 1854)
—CardiomorphiFerussac 1822
—CardioniFerussac 1822
RankNameAuthor
—CardiidiaFerussac 1822
—CardiataFerussac 1822
superorderCardiiformiiFerussac 1822
orderCardiidaFerussac 1822
suborderCardiidinaFerussac 1822
—Veneroidei(Gray 1854)
—VeneroiteiGray 1854
superfamilyVeneroidea(Rafinesque 1815)
familyVeneridaeRafinesque 1815
subfamilyMeretricinaeGray 1847
genusMeretrixLamarck 1799
specieschalcedonica

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Diagnosis
No diagnoses are available
Measurements
No measurements are available
No ecological data are available

Age range: base of the Maastrichtian to the top of the Danian or 72.20000 to 61.66000 Ma

Collections (17 total)


Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Maastrichtian72.2 - 66.0Argentina (Chubut) Meretrix chalcedonica (74185)
Danian66.0 - 61.66Argentina (Chubut) Meretrix chalcedonica (74131 74135 74137 74138 74147 74148 74149 74150 74153 74156 74161 74169 74172 133179 240149)
Danian - Selandian66.0 - 59.24Argentina (Chubut) Meretrix chalcedonica (57167)